Clinical trials: Neonatal Deaths
Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality (All Cause)
MNCH Programming in Southwest Uganda Maternal and Child Health In Bushenyi and Rubirizi Districts, UGANDA
The investigators will assess whether in Bushenyi District in southwestern Uganda, a two year intervention providing comprehensive MNCH programming will: Reduce morbidity and mortality for children under five years old and…
- Trial name
- HCUM (NCT01571765)
- Testing
- MNCH programming in health district
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 10,985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Brugada Syndrome, Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Cardiac Arrhythmia
DNA Methylation in Brugada Syndrome and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate if there are differences in DNA methylation of peripheral blood in patients with Brugada syndrome and healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- ANDROMEDA (NCT06888271)
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Maternal Death, Newborn Death
Impact of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in Luapula Province of Zambia Province of Zambia
This study would like to determine if the introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist and associated mentorship can improve the adherence of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) to the essential practices of childbirth delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT03263182
- Testing
- Introduction of the Safe Childbirth Checklist
- Where
- 4 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.
Fetal Death, Fetal Anomaly
Antenatal Palliative Care
In France, according to current legislation, termination of pregnancy could be performed without any upper gestational age limit, if there is a strong probability that the fetus will be affected by a particularly severe and…
- Trial name
- SPAN (NCT03795857)
- Testing
- Semi-structured interviews
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Neonatal Death, Prematurity
Outcomes Following Early Parenteral Nutrition Use in Preterm Neonates
BACKGROUND An essential part of neonatal care is providing nutrition to ensure that babies grow and develop. Providing this can be difficult in premature babies because their intestines are underdeveloped.
- Trial name
- NCT03767634
- Testing
- Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 97,507 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Stillbirth
Research On Advanced Diagnostics and Management of All Pregnancies to Prevent Stillbirth (ROADMAPS)
The primary objective of the Stillbirth Research Consortium (SBRC) longitudinal cohort study is to develop and evaluate a robust multivariable prediction model to identify pregnancies at <14 weeks gestation that are at increased…
- Trial name
- ROADMAPS (NCT07745101)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly
Using NPT to Evaluate Providing PPC as ELNEC-PPC WBT for Nurses
The purpose of this study is to explain the provision of palliative care at the end of life by the implementation of the ELNEC course, as WBT Program using the Normalization Process Theory, that focus attention on how complex…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly, Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- ELNEC-PPC (NCT04461561)
- Testing
- end-of-life nursing education consortium-pediatric palliative care as web based-training plus usual care
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altoosi University College
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathies
Mayo AVC Registry and Biobank
Arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy (AVC) is a genetic condition which affects the heart and can lead to heart failure and rhythm problems, of which, sudden cardiac arrest or death is the most tragic and dangerous.
- Conditions
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathies, Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT03049254
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications
AI-POCUS for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Ethiopia
Maternal and neonatal health remains one of the most pressing global health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Fetal Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- AIM-ETH (NCT07171086)
- Testing
- AI-POCUS (BabyChecker, Delft Imaging), AI-POCUS (Edan, China)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,059 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tsinghua University
Maternal Death, Neonatal Death
Incentives for Postnatal Care Demand
The purpose of this study is to identify the causal impact of performance-based monetary incentives in increasing postnatal care (PNC) referrals by traditional birth attendants (TBAs), via a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
- Trial name
- NCT02936869
- Testing
- Performance-based monetary incentives
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth
Group Antenatal/Postnatal Care in Rwanda
The focus of this work is to improve antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) at the health center level in five districts in Rwanda (Bugesera, Burera, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, and Rubavu).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi Rwanda (NCT03154177)
- Testing
- Group ANC/PNC, Ultrasound+Pregnancy Testing
- Where
- 2 sites in Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 26,381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Implementation, Maternal Mortality
Accelerating Maternal and Newborn Survival: The AMANI Study
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to learn if a practice facilitation package (including both audit and feedback and enhanced mentorship) can increase the use of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and…
- Conditions
- Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Implementation, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
- Trial name
- AMANI (NCT07560839)
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback, Enhanced Mentorship
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome, Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood
Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Registry
The purpose is to increase the understanding of the characteristics, circumstances, medical histories and pathologies of children from ages 11 months through 18 years who have died suddenly and unexpectedly, and in some…
- Trial name
- SUDC (NCT03109197)
- Testing
- Biospecimin Collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome
BioThrax® (Anthrax) Vaccine in Pregnancy Registry
The purpose of this study is to determine if inadvertent receipt of the BioThrax vaccine during pregnancy is independently associated with adverse maternal, pregnancy, or infant health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Congenital Abnormalities
- Trial name
- NCT01653392
- Testing
- Observational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emergent BioSolutions
Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation
Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Versus Placebo in Improving Child Survival (NeoVitA Trial)
The study is a large randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of neonatal vitamin A supplementation administered to neonates once orally either on the day of birth or in the next 2 days in improving infant…
- Trial name
- NCT01138449
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 44,984 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Perinatal Mortality, Neonatal Morbidities
Machine Learning From Fetal Flow Waveforms to Predict Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
The aim of this study is to get a proof of concept for using a computational model of fetal haemodynamics, combined with machine learning based on Doppler patterns of the fetal cardiovascular, cerebral and placental flows, to…
- Trial name
- NCT03398551
- Volunteers
- 525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Long Qt Syndrome 1-2, Sudden Cardiac Death
Exploring Mechanisms and Morphology of QT Interval Prolongation
The projects will try and optimise the risk stratification for patients with Long QT syndrome by investigating how the exposure of physical and acoustic stress will affect the QT-dynamics and if beta blockers protect against…
- Trial name
- TriQarr (NCT03291145)
- Testing
- Beta Blockers, Spironolactone
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Herlev and Gentofte Hospital
Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity
BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of a checklist-based childbirth safety program (the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program) on reduction of severe maternal, fetal, and newborn harm in institutional deliveries in…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- BetterBirth (NCT02148952)
- Testing
- WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 157,689 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia
Sildenafil Citrate to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Low-resource Settings
The PRISM pilot feasibility study consists of two phases to determine: 1) to delivery practices, rates of primary and secondary outcomes, and feasibility of enrollment rates, and 2) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of…
- Conditions
- Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia, Birth Asphyxia, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PRISM (NCT05946681)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,017 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health